Surfing In Artificial Wave Pools In The 2020 Summer Olympics

Surfing fans across the globe celebrated as news about the sport taking part in the Olympic games by 2020 broke out. While there are no other official announcements, rumors of the legendary wave-maker Kelly Slater overseeing the construction of a wave pool to open right before the Summer Olympics have surfaced on the internet. Resource says that its location will be in Tokyo Dome. People were then fast to speculate that the competition might not be in the ocean.

When asked about the rumors, the head of the International Surfing Association (ISA), Fernando Aguerre responded that they have agreed with the International Olympic Committee that the games will not be under an artificial environment as of this moment.

The ISA has been known to be long-time supporters of artificial waves development, and with Tokyo Dome scheduling a grand opening right before the 2020 Summer Olympics, rumors were imminent.

The Wisdom Segment

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The first American football game was played between two college teams, Princeton and Rutgers, on November 6, 1869. The sport is called gridiron in Canada and the United States and is an offshoot of soccer and rugby that emerged during the 1800s and was professionalized in 1920.

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It was only during the implementation of the Rugby Union Code that carrying the ball was allowed. During the later part of the 1800s, Walter Camp, the Father of American Football, introduced a new set of rules. Old Walt established the snap and introduced the concept of downs, lines of scrimmage, and 11-player teams.

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Approximately two million footballs are made annually by The Wilson Sporting Goods Company, based in Ohio, which has been recognized as the NFLs official ball supplier since 1941. Did you know that about 600 cows are needed to make footballs for a whole season?

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Despite being a relatively new sport, American football has become wildly popular in the United States. In fact, the Super Bowl regularly ranks as the most-watched sports event in America. The 1958 NFL Championship game boosted gridiron's popularity to such an extent it was dubbed the Greatest Game Ever Played.

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Most athletes dream of getting into the NFL, not just for love of the game, but also to alleviate their family's poverty. The average salary of an NFL player is $2.1 million; however, due to poor financial management, most retired NFL athletes go bankrupt.

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Prime Time Deion Sanders played in the NFL for 14 seasons, and the MLB for nine seasons. No other athlete has ever made a home run in the MLB and scored a touchdown in the NFL in the same week, nor played in both the Super Bowl and the World Series.